Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-26
THE c., B. 4 Q. COMES.
The Burlington to Compete for Chi
cagO Business.
New Tariff Issued, Which Means
War on the e., II. 4. 4 P.--Passenger
Trains to be Put on soon.

1t is settled fact that the c., B. & @. |
is about to enter Rock Island, Davenport
and Moline for Chicago business. The
order has in fact already been issued and
is in reality in effect now, though the new
tariffs have not all been received by Dir
vision Agent Mack. This action on the
part of the c., B. & Q. is simply the car
rying into execution of long.made
threat. though it is altogether probable
that the Burlington would not have en-
tered such prominent c., r. 1. & P.
stronghold, had it not been that it was
driven to i. from the fact that the lat
Ter road has recently declared itself a
competitor for bushes out of Burlington
and Ottumwa, towns which have always
been considered as belonging exclusively
to the c., B & O., as far as railroad bus
mess is concerned
Eyes, said Division Agent Mack in
response to Query from an ARGUS pill
grim this morning as to whether the C.,
B. & O. were really going to ask for Chi.
The tariffs. have all been printed and the
Burlington is now ready to accept tri>city
freight for Chicago and eastern points on
the same basis as the c., r. l. & P, c.,
NJ. & St. P. or any other road In the
future we shall accept both east and west
| bound business on rates as low as any
/ road. Our western facilities are known
and we have as good connections east of
Chicago as any road that enters that city
| from the west We therefore feel that
We can come before the shippers of the
three cities for share of business east.
us there any truth in the report that
passenger trains will be put on also2'
THAT matter has not yet been fully
decided upon. A new time card will be
issued one week from Sunday, when this
will be definitely known. can say how.
ever, that if the Darlington puts on Chi
cago trains it will make things lively.
The Burlington is. as you know. about tt
put on limited train between Chicago
Denver and the Pacific coast 1t will be
called the Hummer and will make bu
five stops across the state of Illinois
between Chicago and Burlington, and i
passenger trains are put on between Rocl
Island and Chicago they will be expecte,
to make time
himself on the subject of passenge
trains, it may safely be put down that thu
c., B. & Q. will soon put on daily traini
between Rock Island and Chicago, on,
leaving in the morning and going by wa,
of Sterling, Rock Falls and Shabhona
= and the other at night via Denrock an
Mendoza Both trains will be provide
with chair cars, and the night express will
have Pullman sleeper attached. TIL
c., B. Il Q line to Chicago is twenty
eight miles shorter than the c., R. l.
P, the distance either By Shabbons c
Mendoza being 1871 miles The road ha
had the question of the equipment of tt
Rock Island and Chicago line und
consideration for some time ar
it will put itself in condition
fully justify competition with the c.,
|. & P. before asking for passenger bu
mess. By the Burlington We may lea'
Rock Island at in the morning and
in Chicago at 10, have five hours for BIT
mess, leaving there at 3 p. m. and reac
ing home at at night. If the G., B.
Q. arranges its trains on this schedule
it probably will, the c., R. l. & P. "
find it a serious obstacle to the trio
travel they have been in the habit of g
ting.
The citizens of Rock Island will CT
tainly rejoice in this Innovation on t
part of the c., B. & Q, Competition
freight rates to this point means hea
and prosperity of the town, and RI
Island will give the new route to Chicf
its full measure of traffic-freight and p
sengers going in that direction